What I gained from the Accelerator: the transformation to having a routine that enables me to write songs, and better songs, regularly.

What a shining light you will be to so many writers.

Keppie’s teaching style is engaging, taking the student through excellent examples of existing lyrics and then facilitating workshops to demonstrate how their structure, rhythm, rhyme and storyline works to build up the lyric; which in turns gives the student the keys to stimulate ideas for their own original lyric writing. 

Songwriting is often a very personal creative journey. Under Keppie’s guidance, I learned to trust and develop a writing voice that is not only my own, but also one that I could share with an audience. Keppie has a wonderful instinct for uncovering unpolished gems in a song — bringing to light the heart of the story as well as the writer’s style.

Best teacher I have ever had. I’ve been writing songs for the last 13 years and it wasn’t until I met Keppie that I felt that my songwriting abilities had taken a huge leap forward.

When you meet Keppie, you are immediately met with genuine interest and passion for the craft of songwriting.  Our session prompted a dramatic re-write of our song, but what Keppie had offered us was enthusiasm and guideposts to continue the creative process.

Keppie’s assistance with my songwriting skills has been invaluable.  I have had her as a lyric writing instructor at Berklee Online, as well as for 1:1 songwriting assistance via Skype.

I was very fortunate to have Keppie as my instructor for my first Berklee songwriting class. Her encouragement kept me from feeling overwhelmed, and at the same time, she would not let me be lazy or cut corners.

I was so lucky to have Keppie as my teacher. She took what I knew of songwriting and broke it open to reveal a much deeper understanding I would not of found on my own.